HAND-BOOK 

OF 

THE  HALL  OF  FAME 

NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY 
UNIVERSITY  HEIGHTS 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

[Third  Edition] 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE    HALL    OF  FAME 

Robert  Underwood  Johnson 
Director 

331  Madison  Avenue 
NEW  YORK 

1925 


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HAND-BOOK 

OF 

THE  HALL  OF  FAME 

NEW  YORK  UNIVERSITY 
UNIVERSITY  HEIGHTS 
NEW  YORK  CITY 

[Third  Edition] 


PUBLISHED  BY 

THE    HALL    OF  FAME 

Robert  Underwood  Johnson 
Director 

331  Madison  Avenue 
NEW  YORK 

1925 


FOREWORD 


The  colonnade  and  massive  substructure  which 
constitute  the  Hall  of  Fame  and  the  Museum  of  the 
Hall  of  Fame  form  an  important  and  distinctive 
feature  of  the  western  group  of  New  York  Uni- 
versity Buildings  at  University  Heights,  making  that 
group,  the  dominating  feature  of  which  is  the  Memo- 
rial Library,  one  of  surpassing  architectural  beauty. 
To  this  commanding  site  the  undergraduate  colleges 
were  moved  in  1894  from  their  old  location  at  Wash- 
ington Square. 

While  New  York  University  holds  the  title  to  the 
Hall  of  Fame,  it  regards  itself  as  a  trustee  under 
sacred  obligations  to  administer  the  gift  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  conserve  the  patriotic  and  educational 
aims  of  the  donor.  The  gift  was  to  the  American 
People,  and  the  University  in  administering  it  keeps 
constantly  in  mind  the  fact  that  the  Hall  of  Fame  is 
a  national  and  not  a  local  institution. 


THE  STORY  OF  THE  HALL  OF  FAME 


In  1900  New  York  University  anndunced  a  gift  of 
$100,000,  later  increased  to  $250,000,  for  building  a 
colonnade  at  New  York  University,  on  University 
Heights,  overlooking  the  Palisades  and  the  Hudson 
and  Harlem  River  Valleys,  the  exclusive  use  of  the 
colonnade  with  its  substructure  being  to  serve  per- 
petually as  the  Hall  of  Fame  for  Great  Americans. 

It  was  then  announced  that  150  panels  would  be 
provided  for  memorial  bronze  tablets,  50  to  be 
inscribed  in  1900,  provided  50  names  should  be  ap- 
proved by  the  judges  then  named,  and  at  the  close 
of  every  five  years  thereafter  five  additional  tablets, 
so  that  the  number  would  be  complete  about  2000  A.D. 

By  May  1,  1900,  more  than  1,000  nominations  had 
been  placed  before  the  Senate  of  New  York  Univer- 
sity by  the  public.  The  Senate,  having  secured  the 
co-operation  of  approximately  100  well-known  per- 
sons throughout  the  country  as  electors,  submitted 
to  them  the  100  names  which  had  received  the  larg- 
est public  support,  adding  to  these  100  selected  by 
the  Senate,  and  inviting  the  electors  to  suggest  other 
candidates.  This  resulted  in  the  submission  of  234 
names  on  the  final  list  of  nominations,  and  of  these 
29  received  a  majority  of  the  votes  and  were  elected. 

In  1905  five  names  were  added,  in  1910,  eight,  in 
1915,  eight,  and  in  1920,  six,  making  in  all,  up  to 
1921,  a  total  of  56  names  of  men  inscribed  in  the 
Hall  of  Fame.  Meanwhile  seven  names  of  women  had 
been  chosen.  Had  the  full  quota  been  reached  in 
the  five  elections  already  held,  70  would  have  been 
elected,  and  therefore,  allowing  for  the  seven  women, 
the  quota  for  1925  is  12  names. 


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Under  '  the  Constitution  governing  the  Hall  of 
Fame,  as  it  was  first  established,  no  foreign-born 
citizen  was  eligible  to  election.  The  Senate  of  New 
York  University  soon  saw  the  injustice  of  this 
distinction  and  in  1904  it  was  decided  to  establish 
a  Hall  of  Fame  for  Foreign-born  Americans,  but  in 
1914  this  was  abandoned,  the  constitution  being 
amended  by  striking  out  every  discrimination  be- 
tween native  citizens  and  those  of  foreign  birth. 

In  1904  New  York  University  set  apart  a  site  for  a 
Hall  of  Fame  for  Women,  but  in  1922,  after  the  seven 
names  had  been  chosen,  all  discrimination  as  to  sex 
in  future  elections  was  abolished  and  in  the  same 
year  it  was  decided  to  classify  the  names  of  the 
women  with  those  of  the  men. 

In  1922  also  the  margin  of  time  after  death  at 
which  a  person  becomes  eligible  to  election  was  ex- 
tended from  ten  to  twenty-five  years. 

RULES  FOR  ELECTIONS 

The  electorate  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  has  been  a 
distinguished  one,  containing  many  names  that  with- 
out doubt  will  eventually  be  recorded  in  the  Hall  of 
Fame.  Since  1900  many  of  the  electors  then  ap- 
pointed have  died,  and  a  few  have  resigned,  but  of 
the  original  electorate  34  served  in  the  1920  election. 
The  present  electorate  represents   every  State. 

The  Electors  of  the  Hall  of  Fame,  consisting  of 
approximately  one  hundred  persons,  are  ap- 
pointed by  the  Senate  of  New  York  University  in 
the  year  preceding  each  quinquennial  year,  in  ap- 
proximately equal  numbers,  from  the  following  sev- 
en groups  of  citizens,  and  are  thus  classified:  (1) 
Authors,  Editors  and  Artists,  (2)  Presidents  of  Uni- 
versities and  Colleges,  (3)  Historians  and  Profes- 
sors of  History,  (4)   Scientists,  (5)  Jurists,   (6)  High 

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Public  Officials,  (7)  Men  and  Women  of  Affairs.  No 
person  connected  with  New  York  University  is  eligible 
as  an  Elector. 

The  Director  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  invites  from 
the  public  the  presentation  of  names  to  be  in- 
scribed in  the  Hall  of  Fame.  Such  names  must  be 
submitted  between  February  1  and  March  15  of  the 
year  of  the  quinquennial  election,  and  must  be  sent 
to  the  Director  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  on  a  form  to 
be  obtained  from  him. 

All  names  received  from  the  public  are  placed 
before  the  Senate  of  New  York  University,  and 
every  name  approved  for  presentation  by  two  mem- 
bers of  the  Senate  is  placed  upon  a  preliminary  list 
of  nominations  which  is  sent  by  April  1  of  the  quin- 
quennial year  to  a  Committee  on  Nominations. 

The  Senate  assigns  each  name  upon  the  prelimin- 
ary lists  to  one  of  the  following  fifteen  classes: 

(1)  Authors,  Editors,  (2)  Educators,  (3)  Preachers, 
Theologians,  (4)  Philanthropists,  Reformers,  Home 
and  Social  Workers,  (5)  Scientists,  (6)  Engineers, 
(7)  Physicians,  Surgeons,  (8)  Inventors,  (9)  Mis- 
sionaries, Explorers,  (10)  Soldiers,  Sailors,  (11) 
Lawyers,  Judges,  (12)  Rulers,  Statesmen,  (13)  Busi- 
ness Men,  (14)  Artists  (Musicians,  Sculptors,  Paint- 
ers, Architects,  Illustrators,  Etchers,  Engravers,  Ac- 
tors), (15)  Distinguished  men  and  women  outside 
the  above  classes. 

A  Committee  on  Nominations  consisting  of  three 
Electors  from  each  of  the  seven  divisions  of  Electors  is 
designated  by  the  Senate.  To  this  Committee  of  Twenty- 
One  are  to  be  submitted  all  names  upon  the  prelim- 
inary list  of  nominations. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations  will  be  requested 
to  canvass   this   preliminary  list  and  to  vote  for  the 

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names  considered  worthy  of  a  place  upon  the  final 
ballot,  and  to  return  such  list  to  the  Director  not  later 
than  May  1. 

Names  which  have  been  placed  in  nomination 
which  receive  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  the  twenty- 
one  members  of  the  Committee  on  Nominations 
are  to  be  placed  on  the  final  ballot. 

The  formal  ballot,  containing  the  final  list  of  nom- 
inations for  the  election,  will  be  sent  to  each  Elec- 
tor on  or  before  June  1  of  the  quinquennial  year. 

Each  Elector  will  be  requested  to  mark,  sign  and 
mail  to  the  Director  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  the  final 
ballot  by  October  1  following.  Each  name  judged 
worthy  to  be  inscribed  in  the  Hall  of  Fame  is  to  be 
marked  with  a  cross,  thus  (X),  before  the  name. 

Votes  must  be  received  before  October  15. 

The  choice  of  a  name  for  inscription  in  the  Hall 
of  Fame  will  require  a  vote  of  three-fifths  of  the 
whole  body  of  Electors. 

Each  name  thus  approved  will  be  inscribed  in  the 
Hall  of  Fame  unless  disapproved  before  November 
1  by  a  majority  of  the  voting  members  of  the  Senate. 

Museum  of  the  Hall  of  Fame 

In  connection  with  the  Hall  of  Fame  it  is  planned., 
as  funds  may  be  provided,  to  establish  a  museum  of 
sculpture,  portraits  and  other  important  mementoes  of 
the  great  Americans  whose  names  have  been  placed  in 
the  Colonnade.  The  six  rooms  and  long  corridor  of  the 
granite  edifice  which  form  the  ground  story  of  the 
Hall  of  Fame  are  to  be  set  aside  for  this  purpose. 

This  plan  gives  opportunity  for  presentation  by  or- 
ganizations and  individuals  of  important  memorabilia, 
which  eventually  will  constitute  one  of  the  most  valuable 
and  important  collections  of  Americana  in  the  country. 

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Busts  in  the  Colonnade 

It  is  the  plan  of  the  University  to  invite  appropriate 
organizations  or  individuals  to  present  bronze  busts  of 
persons  who  have  been  elected  to  the  Hall  of  Fame, 
these  busts  to  surmount  the  bronze  tablets  which  New 
York  University  has  placed  in  the  Colonnade  at  Uni- 
versity Heights.  Sixty-three  such  tablets  have  now 
been  placed.  On  pages  42-45  is  a  list  of  the  busts 
already  unveiled." 

Plan  and  Scope 

The  whole  plan  of  the  Hall  of  Fame  is  educational 
and  patriotic.  It  is  the  purpose  of  those  who  have  it 
in  charge  to  conduct  its  elections  with  dignity,  restraint, 
breadth  of  view  and  a  sense  of  proportion  and  value. 
Since  September,  1919,  the  institution  has  been  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  Robert  Underwood  Johnson,  as 
successor  to  the  late  Dr.  Henry  Mitchell  MacCracken, 
who  originated  the  idea  of  the  Hall  of  Fame. 

Further  information  and  documents  relating  to  the 
Hall  of  Fame  may  be  obtained  from  the  Director  at  its 
Executive  Office,  331  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 


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SECTOR  IN  THE  COLONNADE  OF  THE  HALL  OF  FAME 


AUTHORS 


RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON* 

1803-  1882 

The  day  is  always  his  who  works  in  it  with  serenity  and 
great  aims.  The  unstable  estimates  of  men  crowd  to  him 
whose  mind  is  filled  with  the  truth  as  the  heaped  waves  of 
tlic  Atlantic  follow  the  moon. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  87  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  poet  and  essayist,  was  born 
in  Boston,  May  25,  1803,  and  died  at  Concord,  Mass., 
April  27,  1882.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  when 
18  years  of  age.  In  1829  he  became  a  Unitarian  minis- 
ter, but  after  three  years  he  retired  from  the  ministry 
and  spent  his  time  in  lecturing  and  writing.  Among 
his  chief  books  are  "Representative  Men,"  "English 
Traits,"  and  "Conduct  of  Life."  His  poems  are  notable 
for  both  imagination  and  feeling.  Because  of  the  wis- 
dom and  philosophy  of  his  essays,  poems  and  addresses 
he  was  known  as  "the  Sage  of  Concord." 

NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE 

1804-  1864 

Living  in  solitude  till  the  fulness  of  time,  I  still  kept  the 
dew  of  my  youth  and  the  freshness  of  my  heart. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  73  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Nathaniel  Hawthorne,  writer  of  romance,  was  born 

in  Salem,  Mass.,  July  4,  1804,  and  died  at  Plymouth, 

N.  H.,  May  19,   1864.     After  graduation  at  Bowdoin 

in  1825  he  lived  at  Salem,  and  later  at  Concord,  Mass. 

He  showed  indomitable   energy  for  writing,  although 

he  failed  to  receive  encouragement  until  1831.    The  first 

series  of  his  "Twice-Told  Tales"  appeared  in  1837.  "The 

Scarlet  Letter"  and  "The  House  of  the  Seven  Gables" 

attained   immediate   success.     He   was   United  States 

Consul  at  Liverpool,  England,  1853-57. 

*Note — The  names  and  dates  and  the  quotations  printed  in  Italics 
appear  upon  the  bronze  tablets  in  the  Colonnade, 

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WASHINGTON  IRVING 


1783-1859 

The  intercourse  between  the  author  and  his  fellowmen 
is  ever  new,  active,  and  immediate.  Well  may  the  world 
cherish  his  renown.  It  has  been  purchased  by  the  diligent 
dispensation  of  pleasure. 

(Elected  in   1900  by  83  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Washington  Irving,  historian  and  essayist,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  April  3,  1783,  and  died  at  "Sunny- 
side,"  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  November  28,  1859.  His  first 
connected  work,  "The  History  of  New  York  by  Die- 
drich  Knickerbocker,"  appeared  in  1809  and  was  fol- 
lowed ten  years  later  by  the  first  parts  of  his  "Sketch 
Book."  Other  works  were  "The  Life  of  Washington," 
"The  Life  of  Columbus,"  and  "The  Alhambra."  He 
was  appointed  minister  to  Spain  in  1842. 

HENRY  WADSWORTH  LONGFELLOW 
1807-1882 

The  distant  mountains  that  uprear 
Their    lofty    bastions    to    the  skies 

Are  crossed  by  pathways  that  appear 
As  we  to  higher  levels  rise. 

The  heights  by  great  men  reached  and  kept 

Were  not  attained  by  sudden  flight, 
But  they,  while  their  companions  slept, 
Were  toiling  upward  in  the  night. 
(Elected  in  1900  by  85  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  poet,  was  born  in 
Portland,  Me.,  February  27,  1807,  and  die'd  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  March  24,  1882.  He  was  graduated  at 
Bowdoin  College,  where  he  was  professor,  1829-35.  He 
was  also  professor  of  modern  languages  and  literature 
at  Harvard,  1836-1854.  He  translated  Dante  into  Eng- 
lish verse.  Much  of  his  poetry,  which  has  wide  popu- 
larity, has  been  translated  into  foreign  languages. 

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JAMES  RUSSELL  LOWELL 
1819-1891 


No  power   can  die  that  ever  wrought  for  Truth; 

Thereby  a  law  of  nature  it  became 
And  lives  unwithered  in  its  blithesome  youth 

When  he  who  calls  it  forth  is  but  a  name. 

(Elected  in   1905   by  59  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

James  Russell  Lowell,  poet  and  critic,  was  born  in 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  February  22,  1819,  and  died  at  Cam- 
bridge, August  12,  1891.  He  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College  in  1838  and  at  Harvard  Law  School  in 
1840;  was  editor  of  The  Atlantic  Monthly  1857-62, 
and  of  the  North  American  Review  1863-72;  published 
many  poems  and  essays;  was  professor  of  French, 
Spanish  and  Belles-lettres  at  Harvard;  was  United 
States  Minister  to  Spain,  1877-80,  and  to  England, 
1880-85.  He  was  chosen  Lord  Rector  of  Saint  Andrews 
in  1883. 

JOHN  GREENLEAF  WHITTIER 
1807-1892 

Making  his  rustic  reed  of  song 

A  weapon  in  the  war  with  wrong, 

Yoking   his  fancy   to  the  breaking  plough 

That  beam-deep  turned  the  soil 

For  Truth  to  spring  and  grow. 

(Elected  in  1905  by  53  votes.    Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

John  Greenleaf  Whittier,  poet,  was  born  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  December  17,  1807,  and  died  at  Hampton  Falls, 
N.  H.,  September  7,  1892.  He  was  a  Quaker  and  was 
the  editor  of  several  newspapers  and  magazines,  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  legislature  and  secretary 
of  the  Anti-Slavery  Society.  He  preserved  in  narra- 
tive and  ballad  poems  many  American  legends  and 
traditions  particularly  of  the  New  England  colonies. 
He  wrote  many  anti-slavery  poems.  He  is  often  called 
"The  Quaker  Poet." 

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GEORGE  BANCROFT 
1800-1891 

History  interposes  with  evidence  that  tyranny  and  wrong 
lead  inevitably  to  decay;  that  freedom  and  right,  however 
hard  may  be  the  struggle,  always  prove  resistless. 
(Elected  in  1910  by  53  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

George  Bancroft,  historian,  was  born  at  Worcester, 
Mass.,  October  3,  1800,  and  died  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
January  17,  1891.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  be- 
fore his  seventeenth  birthday  and  then  studied  abroad. 
He  founded  the  Round  Hill  School  at  Northampton, 
Mass.  He  was  collector  of  the  port  of  Boston,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy  under  Polk,  and  gave  orders  for  the 
occupation  of  California  and  Texas.  He  was  minister 
plenipotentiary  to  Great  Britain  1846-49,  and  to  Ber- 
lin 1867-74.  He  wrote  a  History  of  the  United  States, 
and  many  other  works. 

WILLIAM  CULLEN  BRYANT 
1794-1878 

So  live  that  when  thy  summons  comes  *  *  * 
Thou   go   not   like   the   quarry    slave   at  night 
Scourged  Jo   his  dungeon,    but,   sustained   and  soothed 
By   an   unfaltering   trust,   approach   thy  grave 
Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  his  couch 
About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dreams. 

(Elected  in   1910  by  59  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

William  Cullen  Bryant,  poet  and  editor,  was  born 
at  Cummington,  Mass.,  November  3,  1794,  and  died  at 
New  York,  June  12,  1878.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1815  and  published  "Thanatopsis"  in  1817.  He  was 
editor  of  the  New  York  Evening  Post.  He  traveled 
extensively  in  Europe  and  the  Orient.  He  wrote  many 
poems  of  nature  and  the  inner  life,  among  them  "The 
Flood  of  Years."  He  translated  the  "Iliad"  and  the 
"Odyssey"  into  English  verse. 


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JAMES    FENIMORE  COOPER 
1789-1851 


/  nozv  feel  mortified  and  grieved  when  I  meet  with  an 
American  gentleman  who  professes  anything  but  liberal 
opinions  as  respects  the  rights  of  his  fellow-creatures. 

(Elected  in  1910  by  62  votes.    Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

James  Fenimore  Cooper,  writer  of  romance,  was  born 
at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  September  15,  1789,  and  died  at 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  September  14,  1851.  He  shipped 
on  a  merchantman  and  later  won  a  commission  as  mid- 
shipman in  the  navy.  His  "Leatherstocking  Tales" 
immortalized  the  American  Indian,  and  his  sea  stories 
revolutionized  the  literature  of  the  sea.  His  books 
have  been  translated  into  many  languages. 

OLIVER  WENDELL  HOLMES 
1809-1894 

Build  thee  more  stately  mansions, 

O  my  soul, 
As  the  swift  seasons  roll! 
Leave  thy  low-vaulted  past! 

(Elected  in  1910  by  69  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  poet  and  essayist,  was  born 
at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  August  29,  1809,  and  died  at  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  October  8,  1894.  He  was  graduated  at 
Harvard  in  medicine  in  1836,  and  achieved  national  fame 
when  he  published  his  poem  "Old  Ironsides."  He  is 
the  author  of  "The  Autocrat  of  the  Breakfast  Table" 
and  of  three  novels.  His  "Chambered  Nautilus," 
"The  Last  Leaf,"  "The  Iron  Gate"  and  one  or  two 
hymns  gave  him  high  rank  as  poet-philosopher;  his 
works  on  medicine  are  still  regarded  as  authoritative. 


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JOHN  LOTHROP  MOTLEY 
1814-1877 


/  venture  to  hope  that  the  lovers  of  human  progress  and 
the  admirers  of  disinterested  virtue  may  find  encouragement 
in  the  deep-taled  history  of  an  heroic  people  in  its  most 
eventful  period. 

(Elected  in  1910  by   51  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

John  Lothrop  Motley,  historian,  was  born  at  Dor- 
chester, Mass.,  April  15,  1814,  and  died  in  Dorset, 
England,  May  29,  1877.  He  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard, and  attended  Berlin  and  Gottingen  universities; 
he  was  United  States  Minister  to  Austria  1861-67,  and 
to  Great  Britain  1869-70.  He  was  eminent  as  a  his- 
torian of  Holland,  his  best  known  works  being  "The 
Rise  of  the  Dutch  Republic,"  "History  of  the 
United  Netherlands"  and  "The  Life  and  Death  of  John 
of  Barneveld." 

EDGAR  ALLAN  POE 
1809-1849 

A  poem  deserves  its  title  only  inasmuch  as  it  excites  by 
elevating  the  soul. 

(Elected  in  1910  by  69  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Edgar  Allan  Poe,  poet  and  writer  of  short  stories, 
was  born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  January  19,  1809,  and  died 
at  Baltimore,  Md.,  October  7,  1849.  After  leaving  the 
University  of  Virginia,  he  enlisted  in  the  army  and  rose 
to  the  rank  of  sergeant-major.  He  attended  West 
Point,  but  was  not  graduated.  He  was  editor  of  many 
papers  and  magazines.  His  romantic  poetry  and  prose 
are  among  the  classics  of  American  literature  and  he 
ranks  with  Hawthorne  as  an  imaginative  genius.  His 
better  known  works  are  "The  Raven,"  "Tales  of  the 
Arabesque  and  Grotesque,"  and  "The  Murders  in  the 
Rue  Morgue." 

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FRANCIS  PARKMAN 


1823-1893 

The  narrator  must  seek  to  imbue  himself  with  the  life  and 
spirit  of  the  time.  He  must  himself  be,  as  it  were,  a  sharer 
or  a  spectator  of  the  action  he  describes. 

(Elected  in   1915  by  68  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Francis  Parkman,  historian,  was  born  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  September  16,  1823,  and  died  there  November  8, 
1893.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1844.  He 
dedicated  his  life  to  the  writing  of  American  history 
and  lived  for  a  time  among  the  American  Indians.  He 
was  an  Overseer  of  Harvard  in  1868  and  later  became 
professor  of  horticulture  there.  Although  in  poor  health 
and  with  his  eyesight  greatly  impaired,  he  wrote  "The 
Oregon  Trail,"  "The  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac,"  "France 
and  England  in  the  New  World,"  "Montcalm  and 
Wolfe,"  and  "A  Half-Century  of  Conflict." 

HARRIET  BEECHER  STOWE 
1811-1896 

/  zvould  write  something  that  zvould  make  this  whole 
nation  feel  what  a  cursed  thing  slavery  is. 

(Elected  in  1910  by   74  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Harriet  Beecher  Stowe  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Conn., 
June  14,  1811,  and  died  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  July  1,  1896. 
In  1851-52  she  published  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  as  a 
serial  in  the  "National  Era"  of  Washington.  When 
issued  in  book  form,  more  than  half  a  million  copies 
were  sold  within  five  years.  It  became  a  powerful  fac- 
tor in  the  anti-slavery  agitation.  Other  stories  by  her 
were  "The  Minister's  Wooing,"  and  "Agnes  of  Sor- 
rento." 


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SAMUEL   LANGHORNE  CLEMENS 
1835-1910 

Loyalty  to  petrified  opinion  never  yet  broke  a  chain  or 
freed  a  human  soul. 

(Elected  in  1920  by  72  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 
Samuel  Langhorne  Clemens  ("Mark  Twain"),  humor- 
ist and  writer  of  fiction,  was  born  in  Florida,  Mo.,  No- 
vember 30,  1835,  and  died  at  Redding,  Conn.,  April  21, 
1910.  He  served  as  a  pilot  on  the  Mississippi  River, 
as  a  reporter  and  editor  in  the  West,  and  traveled  ex- 
tensively. He  was  one  of  the  first  seven  members  of 
the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Letters.  His  tet- 
ter known  works  are  ''Tom  Sawyer,"  "Innocents 
Abroad,"  "Huckleberry  Finn,"  "Roughing  It,"  "Life  on 
the  Mississippi,"  "A  Connecticut  Yankee  at  the  Court 
of  King  Arthur,"  and  "Joan  of  Arc."  He  is  often  called 
the  "Dean  of  American  Humor." 

EDUCATORS 

HORACE  MANN 
1796-1859 

The  Common  School  is  the  greatest  discovery  ever  made 
by  man.  It  is  supereminent  in  its  universality  and  in  the 
timeliness  of  the  aid  it  proffers.  .  .  .  The  Common  School 
can  train  up  children  in  the  elements  of  all  good  knowledge 
and  of  virtue. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  67  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Horace  Mann  was  born  at  Franklin,  Mass.,  May  4, 
1796,  and  died  at  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  August  2,  1859. 
He  was  graduated  at  Brown  University,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  served  in  the  Massachusetts  leg- 
islature and  in  Congress.  His  great  service  to  the 
cause  of  education  was  in  the  founding  of  the  normal 
school  system  of  Massachusetts.  After  being  defeated 
for  the  governorship  of  that  State  as  a  candidate  of  the 
Free  Soil  party,  he  became  president  of  Antioch  Col- 
lege. 

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MARY  LYON 
1797-1849 


There  is  nothing  in  the  Universe  that  I  fear  but  that  I 
shall  not  know  all  my  duty,  or  fail  to  do  it. 

(Elected  in  1905  by  59  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

Mary  Lyon  was  born  at  Buckland,  Mass.,  February 
28,  1797,  and  died  at  South  Hadley,  Mass.,  March  5, 
1849.  She  began  teaching  when  18  years  old  and  de- 
voted her  life  to  founding  Mount  Holyoke  Female  Sem- 
inary— now  Mount  Holyoke  College — a  place  where 
girls  could  obtain  an  education  at  a  low  price.  She 
was  president  of  the  Seminary  for  12  years.  She  wrote 
many  books  on  educational  teaching  and  methods. 


EMMA  WILLARD 
1787-1870 

Reason  and  religion  teach  that  we  too  are  primary  exist- 
ences, that  it  is  for  us  to  move  in  the  orbit  of  our  duty 
around  the  holy  center  of  perfection,  the  companions  not 
the  satellites  of  men. 

(Elected  in   1905  by  50  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

Emma  Willard,  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  education 
of  girls,  was  born  at  Berlin,  Conn.,  February  23,  1787, 
and  died  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  April  15,  1870.  She  was  prin- 
cipal of  a  girls'  academy  at  Middlebury,  Vt.;  caused  the 
founding  of  the  seminary  at  Waterford,  N.  Y.;  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  Troy  Female  Seminary  and  helped 
found  a  seminary  at  Athens,  Greece.  Her  school  books 
have  been  translated  into  most  of  the  European  and 
Asiatic  languages. 


18 


MARK  HOPKINS 
1802-1887 


What  higher  conception  of  virtue  can  we  have  than  that  at 
every  point  of  a  man's  life  his  conscience  should  demand 
and  he  should  render  that  love  which  is  the  fulfilling  of  the 
law. 

(Elected  in  1915  by  69   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Mark  Hopkins  was  born  at  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1802,  and  died  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  June  17, 
1887.  After  graduation  at  Williams  College  he  be- 
gan the  practise  of  medicine  in  New  York  City,  but 
gave  it  up  to  take  the  chair  of  moral  philosophy  and 
rhetoric  at  Williams.  In  1836  he  became  president  of 
the  college,  serving  until  1872.  He  lectured  before 
many  scientific  and  literary  associations.  He  wrote 
"Evidences  of  Christianity,"  "The  Law  of  Love,  and 
Love  as  a  Law,"  etc. 

ALICE  FREEMAN  PALMER 
1855-1902 

The  smallest  village,  the  plainest  home,  give  ample  space 
for  the  resources  of  the  college-trained  woman. 

(Elected  in   1920  by  53   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Alice  Freeman  Palmer  was  born  at  Colesville,  N.  Y., 
February  21,  1855,  and  died  at  Paris,  France,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1902.  She  was  graduated  at  the  University 
of  Michigan  in  1876,  was  principal  of  the  East  Saginaw, 
Mich.,  High  School,  president  of  Wellesley  College, 
and  non-resident  dean  of  the  Woman's  Department  of 
the  University  of  Chicago.  She  took  an  active  interest 
in  educational  and  reform  movements  and  institutions, 
was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Board  of 
Education  and  lectured  on  educational  and  municipal 
topics. 


19 


PREACHERS,  THEOLOGIANS 


JONATHAN  EDWARDS 
1703-1758 

God  is  the  head  of  the  universal  system  of  existence,  from 
whom  all  is   perfectly   derived   and   on  whom  all  is  most 
absolutely  dependent,  whose  Being  and  Beauty  is  the  sum 
and  comprehension  of  all  existence  and  excellence. 
(Elected  in  1900  by  82  votes.    Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Jonathan  Edwards  was  born  at  East  Windsor,  Conn., 
October  5,  1703,  and  died  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  March  28, 
1758.    After  his  graduation  at  Yale,  he  studied  theology 
and  was  ordained  to  the  Presbyterian  ministry,  and  for 
twenty-three  years  occupied  a  pulpit  at  Northampton, 
Mass.    He  was  an  arduous  student  and  a  voluminous 
writer,  and  his  sermon,  "God  Glorified  Man's  Depend- 
ence" started  a  religious  revival  which  spread  through 
the  colonies  and  Great  Britain.    He  served  a  month  as 
president  of  Princeton.    His  most  famous  work  is  the 
"Essay  on  the  Freedom  of  the  Will." 

HENRY   WARD  BEECHER 
1813-1887 

It  matters  little  to  me  what  school  of  theology  rises  or 
falls,  so  only  that  Christ  may  rise  in  all  his  Father's  glory, 
full-orbed   upon  the  darkness  of  this  world. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  64  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Henry  Ward  Beecher  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Conn., 
June  24,  1813,  and  died  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  8, 
1887.  After  his  graduation  at  Amherst  College,  he 
studied  at  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  and 
after  serving  as  pastor  of  two  western  churches,  in 
1847  he  became  pastor  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church  in  Brooklyn,  where  the  power  of  his  personality 
and  his  rare  eloquence  drew  large  congregations.  He 
spoke  for  the  causes  of  freedom,  temperance,  civic  hon- 
esty and  the  Union. 

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WILLIAM  ELLERY  CHANNING 
1780-1842 


/  think  of  God  as  the  Father  and  Inspirer  of  the  Soul — of 
Christ  as  its  Redeemer  and  model;  of  Christianity  as  given 
to  enlighten,  perfect,  and  glorify  it. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  58  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

William  Ellery  Channing  was  born  at  Newport,  R.  I., 
April  7,  1780,  and  died  at  Bennington,  Vt.,  October  2, 
1842.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard,  where  he  dis- 
tinguished himself  in  debate,  and  then  took  up  the 
study  of  theology,  becoming  the  leader  of  the  move- 
ment in  the  Congregational  Church  in  New  England 
known  as  Unitarianism.  He  was  an  ardent  Abolition- 
ist, and  championed  temperance  and  education.  His 
writings  have  been  translated  into  many  foreign  lan- 
guages. 

PHILLIPS  BROOKS 
1835-1893 

//  you  limit  the  search  for  truth  and  forbid  men  any- 
where, in  any  way,  to  seek  knowledge,  you  paralyze  the  vital 
force  of  truth  itself. 

(Elected  in   1910  by  60  votes.    Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Phillips  Brooks  was  born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1835,  and  died  there,  January  23,  1893.  He  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  and  at  the  Episcopal  Theo- 
logical Seminary  at  Alexandria,  Va.  He  was  rector 
of  two  churches  in  Philadelphia  before  becoming  rector 
of  Trinity  Church  in  Boston,  which  church  he  served 
until  he  became  Bishop  of  Massachusetts.  As  a  pulpit 
orator  he  was  almost  unrivaled.  He  was  the  author  of 
many  books.  In  his  early  manhood  he  was  an  ardent 
Abolitionist  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  Republi- 
can campaign  for  Fremont. 

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ROGER  WILLIAMS 
1607-1684 


To  proclaim  a  true  and  absolute  soul  freedom  to  all  the 
people  of  the  land  impartially  so  that  no  person  be  forced  to 
pray  nor  pay  otherwise  than  as  his  soul  believeth  and  con- 
senteth. 

(Elected  in   1920  by  66  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Roger  Williams  was  born  in  Wales,  probably  in  1607, 
and  died  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  March,  1684.  He  was 
educated  at  Pembroke  College,  Cambridge  University, 
and  came  to  this  country  in  1631  after  trouble  with  the 
ecclesiastical  and  civil  authorities  in  England.  He  left 
Masachusetts  in  1636  to  seek  religious  freedom  and 
founded  Rhode  Island,  opening  that  colony  in  1656  to 
any  one  seeking  toleration  of  religious  opinion. 


PHILANTHROPISTS,  REFORMERS 


PETER  COOPER 
1791-1883 

The  great  object  I  desire  to  accomplish  is  to  open  the 
avenues  of  scientific  knowledge  to  youth  (and  so  unfold  the 
volume  of  nature),  so  that  the  young  may  see  the  beauties  of 
Creation,  enjoy  its  blessings,  and  learn  to  love  the  Author. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  69  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Peter  Cooper  was  born  at  New  York  City,  February 
12,  1791,  and  died  there  April  4,  J883.  After  a  meagre 
schooling  he  engaged  in  manufacturing,  founding  the 
Canton  Iron  Works,  where  the  first  locomotive  engine 
in  America  was  built.  He  was  president  of  the  first  At- 
lantic Cable  Company.  He  founded  Cooper  Union  in 
New  York  City.  He  ran  for  the  presidency  of  the 
United  States  in  1876. 


22 


GEORGE  PEABODY 
1795-1869 

Looking  forward  beyond  my  stay  on  earth  I  see  our  coun- 
try becoming  richer  and  more  powerful.  But  to  make  her 
prosperity  more  than  superficial,  her  moral  and  intellectual 
development  should  keep  pace  with  her  material  growth. 

(Elected  in  1900  by   74  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

George  Peabody  was  born  at  Danvers, — now  Pea- 
body, — Mass.,  February  18,  1795,  and  died  at  London, 
England,  November  4,  1869.  After  serving  as  a  clerk 
in  several  stores  in  this  country  he  became  owner  of 
the  business  of  Elisha  Riggs.  In  1837  he  established 
the  banking  house  of  George  Peabody  in  London.  He 
founded  the  Peabody  Institute  and  Library  of  Balti- 
more, gave  large  sums  to  institutions  of  learning  and 
financed  many  scientific  expeditions.  His  greatest  gift 
was  the  "Peabody  Fund"  for  education. 


FRANCES  ELIZABETH  WILLARD 
1839-1898 

Were  I  asked  to  define  in  a  sentence  the  thought  and  pur- 
pose of  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union,  I  should 
reply  it  is  to  make  the  whole  world  homelike. 

(Elected  in   1910  by  55  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Frances  Elizabeth  Willard  was  born  at  Churchville, 
N.  Y.,  September  28,  1839,  and  died  at  New  York  City, 
February  18,  1898.  She  was  a  graduate  of  the  North- 
western Female  College,  professor  of  esthetics  in 
Northwestern  University  and  dean  of  the  women's 
college  there.  She  was  made  secretary  of  the  Women's 
Christian  Temperance  Union  in  1874  and  became  its 
president  in  1879.  She  founded  the  World  Christian 
Union  and  was  a  strong  supporter  of  equal  suffrage. 


23 


SCIENTISTS 


JOHN  JAMES  AUDUBON 
1785-1851 

The  productions  of  nature  soon  became  my  playmates.  I 
felt  that  an  intimacy  with  them  not  consisting  of  friendship, 
merely,  but  bordering  on  phrenzy,  must  accompany  my  steps 
through  life. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  67  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
John  James  Audubon,  naturalist,  was  born  at  Les 
Cayes,  Santo  Domingo,  April  26,  1785,  and  died  at  New 
York  City,  January  27,  1851.  Although  nominally  enT 
gaged  in  commercial  ventures,  his  time  was  spent  in 
ornithological  investigation,  and  after  a  struggle  with 
poverty  he  published  his  "Birds  of  America"  in  London; 
later  he  published  in  Edinburgh  his  "Ornithological 
Biographies."  Many  European  societies  devoted  to 
science  and  art  made  him  an  honorary  member  or  for- 
eign associate. 

ASA  GRAY 
1810-1888 

/  confidently  expect  that  in  the  future  even  more  than  in 
the  past,  faith  in  an  order,  which  is  the  basis  of  science, 
will  not  be  dissevered  from  faith  in  an  Ordainer,  which  is 
the  basis  of  religion. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  51  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Asa  Gray,  botanist,  was  born  at  Paris,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 18,  1810,  and  died  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  January 
30,  1888.  Although  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  he  devoted  all  his 
spare  time  to  the  study  of  botany  and  became  curator 
of  the  New  York  Lyceum  of  Natural  History.  He  was 
professor  of  natural  history  at  Harvard  1842-88.  He 
received  Academic  honors  from  Edinburgh,  Cambridge 
and  Oxford.  He  was  president  of  the  American 
Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  He  was  honored  by 
many  European  countries. 

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LOUIS  AGASSIZ 
1807-1873 


Scientific  investigation  should  be  inspired  by  a  purpose 
as  animating  to  the  general  sympathy  as  was  the  religious 
zeal  which  built  the  Cathedral  of  Cologne  and  the  Basilica 
of  St.  Peter. 

(Elected  in  1915  by  65   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Louis  Agassiz,  zoologist,  was  born  at  Motier,  Swit- 
zerland, May  28,  1807,  and  died  at  Buzzard's  Bay, 
Mass.,  December  14,  1873.  He  early  showed  a  strong 
leaning  toward  zoology,  and  after  being  graduated  in 
medicine  at  Munich,  he  began  an  intensive  study  of 
natural  history.  He  was  professor  of  Zoology  at  Har- 
vard. He  founded  a  summer  school  for  the  study  of 
zoology.  He  ranks  as  the  most  influential  of  American 
naturalists,  and  is  regarded  as  a  great  teacher  and 
inspirer  of  scientists. 

JOSEPH  HENRY 
1799-1878 

/  may  say  I  was  the  first  to  bring  the  electro  magnet  into 
the  condition  necessary  to  its  use  in  telegraphy  and  also  to 
point  out  its  application  to  the  telegraph. 

(Elected  in  1915  by  56  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Joseph  Henry,  inventor  of  the  electro  magnet,  was 
born  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  December  17,  1799,  and  died  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  13,  1878.  He  studied  chemistry, 
anatomy,  and  physiology  and  taught  in  a  number  of 
academies.  He  was  the  first  to  demonstrate  an  electro 
magnet  wound  with  silk-covered  wire,  and  he  perfected 
the  magnetic  telegraph.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  an  authority  on  acoustics,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences  and  of  the 
Philosophical  Society  of  Washington. 

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MARIA  MITCHELL 
1818-1889 


Every  formula   which   expresses   a   law   of   nature   is  a 
hymn  of  praise  to  God. 

(Elected  in   1905  by  48  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

Maria  Mitchell  was  born  at  Nantucket,  Mass.,  Au- 
gust 1,  1818,  and  died  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  June  28,  1889. 
She  frequently  assisted  her  father  in  his  astronomical 
observations  and  was  librarian  of  the  Nantucket  Athen- 
aeum for  20  years,  and  was  professor  of  astronomy  at 
Vassar  College  1865-88.  (She  discovered  a  comet  in 
1847.)  In  1848  she  was  elected  to  honorary  member- 
ship in  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences. 
At  one  time  she  was  president  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Women.  She  received 
the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Dartmouth  and  Columbia. 


ENGINEERS,  ARCHITECTS 


JAMES  BUCHANAN  EADS 
1820-1887 

/  cannot  die;  I  have  not  finished  my  work. 

(Elected  in   1920  by  51   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

James  Buchanan  Eads,  engineer,  was  born  at  Law- 
renceburg,  Ind.,  May  23,  1820,  and  died  at  Nassau,  New 
Providence,  March  8,  1887.  He  early  designed  some 
useful  boats  for  raising  sunken  steamers,  and  during 
the  Civil  War  he  built  many  ironclads  for  the  Union 
forces.  He  built  an  arched  bridge  over  the  Mississippi 
River  at  St.  Louis,  improved  the  delta  of  the  South 
Pass  of  the  Mississippi  and  planned  the  deepening  of 
that  river  from  its  delta  to  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio.  He 
was  the  first  American  to  receive  the  Albert  Medal  of 
the  Society  of  Arts  (London). 

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PHYSICIANS,  SURGEONS 


WILLIAM   THOMAS    GREEN  MORTON 
1819-1868 

/  leave  it  to  surgeons  and  physicians  to  speak  the  praises 
of  ether  in  the  various  operations  in  which  it  is  now  uni- 
versally used,  whenever  the  relief  of  pain  is  an  object  of 
importance. 

(Elected  in   1920  by  72  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

William  Thomas  Green  Morton  was  born  at  Charl- 
ton, Mass.,  August  19,  1819,  and  died  at  New  York 
City,  July  15,  1868.  He  was  the  first  to  give  to  the 
world  a  demonstration  of  the  use  of  sulphuric  ether 
as  a  practical  surgical  anaesthetic  in  a  major  operation 
performed  in  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  in 
1846.  The  French  Academy  of  Sciences  gave  the  Mont- 
yon  prize  to  Dr.  Morton  for  the  application  of  ether 
to   surgical  operations. 

INVENTORS 

ROBERT  FULTON 
1765-1815 

To  direct  the  genius  and  resources  of  our  country  to  use- 
ful improvements,  to  the  sciences,  the  arts,  education,  the 
amendment  of  the  public  mind  and  morals,  in  such  pursuits 
lie  real  honor  and  the  nation's  glory. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  86  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Robert  Fulton,  inventor  of  the  steamboat,  was  born 
in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  November  14,  1765,  and  died 
at  New  York  City,  February  24,  1815.  His  first  inven- 
tion was  made  at  the  age  of  13,  when  he  equipped  a 
fishing  boat  with  paddle  wheels.  His  first  steamboat 
was  launched  on  the  River  Seine,  but  was  unsuccessful. 
In  1807  he  launched  the  "Clermont"  on  the  Hudson 
River.  The  first  steam-propelled  warship  was  built 
from  his  plans. 

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SAMUEL  FINLEY  BREESE  MORSE 
1791-1872 

/  am  persuaded  that  whatever  facilitates  intercourse  be- 
tween the  different  portions  of  the  human  family  will  have 
the  effect  under  the  guidance  of  sound  moral  principles  to 
promote  the  best  interests  of  man. 

(Elected  in   1900  by  82  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Samuel  Finley  Breese  Morse,  inventor  of  the  electric 
telegraph,  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  April  27, 
1791,  and  died  at  New  York  City,  April  2,  1872.  He 
was  graduated  at  Yale  and  took  up  the  study  of 
painting,  becoming  first  president  of  the  National 
Academy  of  Design.  He  was  a  professor  in  New  York 
University  and  invented  the  telegraph  in  the  old  build- 
ing of  the  University  in  Washington  Square.  In  1837 
he  exhibited  a  perfected  electric  telegraph  instrument. 
He  was  the  originator  of  submarine  telegraphy.  He 
received  high  honors  from  many  European  nations. 

ELI  WHITNEY 
1765-1825 

The  machine,  it  is  true,  operates  in  the  first  instance,  on 
mere  physical  elements,  to  produce  an  accumulation  and 
distribution  of  property.  But  do  not  all  the  arts  of  civili- 
zation follow  in  its  train? 

(Elected  in  1900  by  69  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Eli  Whitney  was  born  at  Westborough,  Mass.,  De- 
cember 8,  1765,  and  died  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1825.  In  1792  he  invented  the  cotton  gin,  which 
revolutionized  the  cotton  industry.  He  failed  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  his  invention  because  of  a  robbery.  In 
1798  he  began  manufacturing  firearms  at  New  Haven, 
Conn;  these  weapons  were  the  standard  arms  of  the 
period.     He  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1792. 

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ELIAS  HOWE 
1819-1867 


Be  it  known  that  I  have  invented  a  new  and  useful  ma- 
chine for  sewing  seams  in  cloth  and  other  articles  requiring 
to  be  sewed,  and  I  do  hereby  declare  a  full  and  exact 
description  thereof. 

(Elected  in  1915  by  61   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Elias  Howe,  inventor  of  the  sewing  machine,  was 
born  at  Spencer,  Mass.,  July  9,  1819,  and  died  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  October  3,  1867.  He  began  life  as  a  machin- 
ist. He  secured  his  first  patent  in  1846  and  immediately 
became  involved  in  a  number  of  lawsuits,  so  that  it  was 
not  until  1860  that  he  reaped  any  benefit  from  his  in- 
vention. He  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  as  a 
private.  He  founded  a  sewing  machine  plant  at  Bridge- 
port, Conn. 


MISSIONARIES,  EXPLORERS 

DANIEL   BOONE  . 
1735-1820 

May  the  same  Almighty  Goodness  which  has  turned  a 
cruel  war  into  peace  banish  the  accursed  monster  War  from 
all  lands. 

(Elected  in   1915  by  52  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Daniel  Boone,  explorer,  was  born  in  Bucks  County. 
Pa.,  February  11,  1735,  and  died  in  Missouri,  September 
26,  1820.  He  explored  the  headwaters  of  the  Tennessee 
River  and  of  the  Kentucky  River  valley  and  made  it 
possible  for  pioneers  to  settle  the  land  by  his  work 
among  the  Indians.  He  fought  in  the  Revolution  with 
the  rank  of  Colonel.  In  his  later  years  he  explored 
what  is  now  the  State  of  Missouri.  Five  generations 
of  his  descendants  were  about  him  at  his  death. 


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SOLDIERS,  SAILORS 


DAVID  GLASCOE  FARRAGUT 
1801-1870 

As  to  being  prepared  for  defeat,  I  certainly  am  not.  Any 
man  who  is  prepared  for  defeat  would  be  italf  defeated 
before  he  commenced.  I  hope  for  success,  shall  do  all  in  my 
power  to  secure  it,  and  trust  to  God  for  the  rest. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  79  votes.    Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

David  Glascoe  Farragut  was  born  near  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  July  5,  1801,  and  died  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  Au- 
gust 14,  1870.  He  served  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  in 
the  Civil  War  commanded  the  fleets  that  forced  the 
surrender  of  New  Orleans  and  defeated  the  Confeder- 
ate forces  in  Mobile  Bay.  He  opened  the  Mississippi 
River  to  Federal  boats.  He  received  the  rank  of  Ad- 
miral in  1866. 

ULYSSES  SIMPSON  GRANT 
1822-1885 

/  determined,  first,  to  use  the  greatest  number  of  troops 
practicable;  second,  to  hammer  continuously  against  the 
enemy  until  by  mere  attrition,  if  in  no  other  way,  there 
should  be  nothing  left  to  him  but  submission. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  93  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Ulysses  Simpson  Grant  was  born  at  Point  Pleasant, 
Ohio,  April  27,  1822,  and  died  at  Mount  MacGregor,  N. 
Y.,  July  23,  1885.  His  tomb  is  on  Riverside  Drive,  New 
York  City.  He  was  graduated  at  West  Point  and 
served  with  distinction  in  the  Mexican  War.  He  rose 
from  a  colonelcy  to  be  lieutenant-general  of  the  Union 
forces  which  defeated  Lee.  He  served  two  terms  as 
President  of  the  United  States.  Although  not  a  literary 
man,  in  his  "Memois"  he  left  a  valuable  historic  rec- 
ord. During  his  last  illness  he  was  made  General  of 
the  Army  (retired). 


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ROBERT  EDWARD  LEE 
1807-1870 


Duty  then  is  the  sublimest  word  in  our  language.  Do 
your  duty  in  all  things.  You  cannot  do  more.  You  should 
never  wish   to   do  less. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  68  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Robert  Edward  Lee  was  born  at  Stratford,  Va.,  Janu- 
ary 19,  1807,  and  died  at  Lexington,  Va.,  October  12, 
1870.  He  was  graduated  at  West  Point,  won  a 
colonelcy  in  the  Mexican  War,  was  superintendent  of 
the  West  Point  Military  Academy,  guarded  the  Texas 
frontier  and  captured  John  Brown.  He  resigned  his 
commission  to  take  command  of  the  Virginia  forces 
when  that  State  seceded,  and  later  became  commander- 
in-chief  of  the  Confederate  Army.  After  the  Civil  War 
he  became  president  of  Washington  College,  Virginia, 
now  called  Washington  and  Lee  University. 

WILLIAM  TECUMSEH  SHERMAN 
1820-1891 

War  is  cruelty  and  you  cannot  refine  it.  I  want  peace 
and  believe  it  can  only  be  reached  through  union  and  war, 
and  I  will  ever  conduct  war  with  a  view  to  perfect  and 
early  success. 

(Elected  in  1905  by  58  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

William  Tecumseh  Sherman  was  born  at  Lancaster, 
Ohio,  February  8,  1820,  and  died  at  New  York  City, 
February  14,  1891.  He  was  graduated  at  West  Point, 
served  in  California  during  the  Mexican  W^ar,  and  was 
superintendent  of  the  Louisiana  Military  Academy  but 
resigned  when  Louisiana  seceded.  He  was  commis- 
sioned colonel  in  1861  and  major-general  in  1862.  He 
fought  at  Shiloh  and  Vicksburg  and  Chattanooga,  and 
as  Commander  of  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  invaded 
Georgia  and  marched  from  Atlanta  to  the  Sea.  He 
was  made  lieutenant-general  1866,  and  General,  1869. 


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LAWYERS,  JUDGES 


JAMES  KENT 
1763-1847 

We  ought  not  to  separate  the  science  of  public  law  from 
that  of  ethics.  States  or  bodies  politic  are  to  be  considered 
as  moral  persons  having  a  public  will  capable  and  free  to 
do  right  and  wrong. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  65  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

James  Kent  was  born  in  Putnam  County,  N.  Y.,  July 
31,  1763,  and  died  at  New  York  City,  December  12, 
1847.  He  lectured  on  law  at  Columbia  College.  He 
was  appointed  master  in  chancery  and  in  1798  was 
placed  on  the  bench  of  the  New  York  Supreme  Court; 
in  1804  he  became  chief  justice  of  the  New  York  Su- 
preme Court.  He  was  Chancellor  of  the  State  of  New 
York  in  1814.  He  was  the  author  of  "Commentaries 
on  American  Law." 

JOHN  MARSHALL 
1755-1835 

The  Constitution  and  the  laws  made  in  pursuance  thereof 
are  supreme;  they  control  the  constitutions  and  laws  of  the 
respective  States  and  cannot   be   controlled   by  them. 

(Elected  in   1900  by  91  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

John  Marshall  was  born  in  Fauquier  County,  Va., 
September  24,  1755,  and  died  at  Philadelphia,  July  6, 
1835.  He  served  as  an  officer  in  the  Revolution.  Taking 
up  the  study  of  law  he  soon  became  head  of  the  Vir- 
ginia bar.  He  was  United  States  envoy  to  France  and 
a  member  of  Congress.  He  declined  the  attorney- 
generalship  tendered  him  by  Washington,  but  served  as 
Secretary  of  State  during  part  of  John  Adams's  ad- 
ministration. He  became  Chief  Justice  of  the  United 
States,  serving  from  1801  until  his  death. 


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JOSEPH  STORY 
1779-1845 


The  founders  of  the  Constitution,  with  profound  wisdom, 
laid  the  corner-stone  of  our  national  republic  in  the  per- 
manent independence  of  the  judicial  establishment. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  64  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Joseph  Story  was  born  at  Marblehead,  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1779,  and  died  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1845.  After  being  graduated  at  Harvard  he 
began  the  study  of  the  law.  He  served  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts legislature  and  in  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. He  was  associate  justice  of  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court,  1811-45.  He  was  a  prolific  writer  of 
works  that  rank  with  the  highest  authorities  on  law; 
they  have  been  translated  into  many  languages. 

RUFUS  CHOATE 
1799-1859 

The  profession  of  the  Bar  has  seemed  to  possess  a  two- 
fold nature.  It  has  resisted  despotism  and  yet  taught  obedi- 
ence. It  has  recognized  the  rights  of  man,  and  yet  has 
reckoned  it  always  among  the  most  sacred  of  those  rights  to 
be  shielded  and  led  by  the  divine  nature  and  immortal 
reason  of  law. 

(Elected  in  1915  by  52   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Rufus  Choate  was  born  at  Essex,  Mass.,  October  1, 
1799,  and  died  at  Halifax,  N.  S.,  July  13,  1859.  He  was 
a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College.  He  served  a  term  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  and  succeeded  Daniel 
Webster  in  the  United  States  Senate.  He  was  a  dis- 
tinguished orator,  his  chief  speeches  being  on  the  Ore- 
gon boundary,  the  tariff,  the  Fiscal  Bank  bill,  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  and  the  annexation  of  Texas. 


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RULERS,  STATESMEN 


JOHN  ADAMS 
1735-1826 

As  a  government  so  popular  can  be  supported  only  by 
universal  knozvledge  and  virtue,  it  is  the  duty  of  all  ranks 
to  promote  the  means  of  education  as  well  as  true  religion, 
purity  of  manners,  and  integrity  of  life. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  62  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

John  Adams  was  born  at  Braintree,  Mass.,  October 
30,  1735,  and  died  at  Quincy,  Mass.,  July  4,  1826.  He 
opposed  the  Stamp  Act,  was  a  member  of  the  First  and 
Second  Continental  Congresses  and  was  one  of  the 
committee  that  drafted  the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. He  was  one  of  the  negotiators  of  the  treaty  of 
peace  with  Great  Britain  and  was  the  first  American 
minister  to  the  Court  of  St.  James  and  the  first  Vice- 
President  of  the  United  States,  serving  two  terms.  He 
was  the  second  President  of  the  United  States  (1797- 
1801). 

HENRY  CLAY 
1777-1852 

That  patriotism  which,  catching  its  inspiration  from  the 
immortal  God,  animates  and  prompts  to  deeds  of  self-sacri- 
fice, of  valor,  of  devotion,  and  of  death  itself, — that  is, 
public  virtue,  that  is  the  sublimest  of  all  public  virtues. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  74  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Henry  Clay  was  born  in  Hanover  County,  Va.,  April 
12,  1777,  and  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  June  29,  1852. 
He  served  several  terms  in  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  in  the  United  States  Senate,  where  he  distinguished 
himself  by  his  extraordinary  ability  and  rare  eloquence. 
He  was  conspicuous  in  his  effort  to  settle  the  slavery 
question  through  compromise  measures.  He  was  Sec- 
retary of  State  under  John  Quincy  Adams  and  was 
three  times  defeated  for  the  Presidency. 


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BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN 
1706-1790 


This  Constitution  can  end  in  despotism,  as  other  forms 
have  done  before  it,  only  when  the  people  shall  become  so 
corrupted  as  to  need  despotic  government,  being  incapable 
of  any  other. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  94  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Benjamin  Franklin  was  born  at  Boston,  January  17, 
1706,  and  died  at  Philadelphia,  April  17,  1790.  He  had  a 
wide  influence  as  editor,  author,  diplomat,  scientist, 
public  teacher  and  philosopher.  He  discovered  elec- 
tricity. He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  which  drew 
up  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  As  Ambassador 
to  France  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners  who  nego- 
tiated the  treaty  recognizing  the  independence  of  the 
United  States.  He  was  also  one  of  the  commissioners 
who  concluded  peace  between  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain. 

THOMAS  JEFFERSON 
1743-1826 

We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident,  that  all  men  are 
created  equal;  that  they  are  endowed  by  their  Creator  with 
certain  inalienable  rights;  that  among  these  are  life,  liberty 
and  the  pursuit  of  happiness. 

(Elected  in   1900  by  91   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Thomas  Jefferson  was  born  at  Shadwell,  Va.,  April  2. 
1743,  and  died  at  Monticello,  Va.,  July  4,  1826.  He  sat 
in  the  Virginia  House  of  Burgesses  from  1768  to  the 
outbreak  of  the  Revolution.  He  drafted  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  served  as  a  member  of  the  Con- 
tinental Congress,  United  States  Minister  to  France, 
Secretary  of  State  under  Washington,  Vice-President 
of  the  United  States  and  as  the  third  President  of  the 
United  States  (1801-1809).  During  his  administration 
the  Louisiana  purchase  was  made. 

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ABRAHAM  LINCOLN 
1809-1865 

With  malice  towards  none,  with  charity  for  all,  with 
firmness  in  the  right  as  God  gives  us  to  see  the  right,  let 
us  strive  on  to  finish  the  work  we  are  in. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  96  votes.  Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 
Abraham  Lincoln  was  born  in  Hardin  County,"  Ky., 
February  12,  1809,  and  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  April 
15,  1865,  the  victim  of  an  assassin's  bullet.  He  served 
four  terms  in  the  Illinois  legislature,  and  in  1847 
entered  the  House  of  Representatives.  His  national 
career  began  in  1858,  when  he  held  a  series  of  debates 
with  Senator  Douglas.  He  was  elected  President  of 
the  United  States  as  a  Republican  in  1860,  thus  becom- 
ing the  great  Civil  War  President,  to  whose  patience, 
wisdom  and  ability  we  owe  the  successful  termination 
of  the  war.  In  1863  he  issued  his  Emancipation  Proc- 
lamation.   He  was  re-elected  to  the  Presidency  in  1864. 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON 
1732-1799 

Promote,  then,  as  an  object  of  primary  importance,  insti- 
tutions for  the  general  diffusion  of  knowledge.  Of  all  the 
dispositions  and  habits  which  lead  to  political  prosperity, 
religion  and  morality  are  indispensable  supports.  Reason 
and  experience  both  forbid  us  to  expect  that  national 
morality   can  prevail  in  exclusion  of  religious  principles. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  97  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

George  Washington  was  born  in  Westmoreland 
County,  Va.,  February  22,  1732,  and  died  at  Mount 
Vernon,  Va.,  December  14,  1799,  leaving  no  lineal  de- 
scendants. He  was  a  colonel  in  the  French  and  Indian 
War,  a  member  of  the  first  and  second  Continental 
Congresses,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Army  of  the 
Revolution,  presiding  officer  of  the  first  Constitutional 
Convention  and  first  President  of  the  United  States, 
1789-1797. 


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DANIEL  WEBSTER 


1782-1852 

/  profess,  in  my  career  hitherto,  to  have  kept  steadily  in 
viczv  the  prosperity  and  honor  of  the  whole  country,  and  the 
preservation  of  our  Federal  Union. 

(Elected  in    1900  by   96  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Daniel  Webster  was  born  at  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  Janu- 
ary 18,  1782,  and  died  at  Marshfield,  Mass.,  October  24, 
1852.  He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in 
1801.  He  practiced  law  in  New  Hampshire  and  Massa- 
chusetts, served  several  terms  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives and  in  the  United  States  Senate,  and  was 
Secretary  of  State  during  the  administrations  of  Harri- 
son, Tyler  and  Fillmore.  He  had  a  national  reputation 
as  an  advocate  and,  on  the  floor  of  the  Senate  and  else- 
where, was  considered  the  greatest  political  orator  of 
his  time.  He  was  a  distinguished  exponent  and  de- 
fender of  the  Constitution. 

JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS 
1767-1848 

/  live  in  the  faith  and  hope  of  the  progressive  advance- 
ment of  Christian  liberty  and  expect  to  abide  by  the  same 
in  death. 

(Elected  in  1905   by  60  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

John  Quincy  Adams  was  born  at  Braintree,  Mass., 
July  11,  1767,  and  died  at  Washington,  D.  C,  February 
23,  1848.  He  was  educated  in  the  United  States  and 
abroad.  He  served  in  the  Massachusetts  Senate  and 
in  the  United  States  Senate,  was  successively  Minister 
to  The  Hague,  to  Prussia,  to  Russia  and  to  England, 
was  Secretary  of  State  under  Monroe  and  sixth  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  (1825-1829). 

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JAMES  MADISON 
1751-1836 


Governments  do  better  without  kings  and  nobles  than  with 
them;  religion  flourishes  in  greater  purity  without  than  with 
the  aid  of  government. 

(Elected  in   1905  by  56  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1907.) 

James  Madison  was  born  at  Port  Conway,  Va., 
March  16,  1751,  and  died  at  Montpelier,  Va.,  June  28, 
1836.  After  being  graduated  at  Princeton,  he  studied 
theology,  philosophy  and  the  law.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Constitutional  Convention  and  one  of  the  chief 
framers  of  the  Constitution,  of  the  Virginia  Committee 
of  Public  Safety,  a  delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention of  Virginia,  a  member  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, Secretary  of  State  under  Jefferson  and  twice 
President  of  the  United  States  (1809-1817).  He  wrote 
on  many  topics  of  public  interest  and  was  the  author 
of  the  "Virginia  Resolutions." 

ANDREW  JACKSON 
1767-1845 

Our  Federal   Union!  It  must  and  shall  be  preserved. 
(Elected  in  1910  by  53   votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Andrew  Jackson  was  born  in  Waxhaw  settlement, 
South  Carolina,  March  15,  1767,  and  died  at  "The  Her- 
mitage," Nashville,  Tenn.,  June  8,  1845.  He  served  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  and  in  the  United  States 
Senate,  and  was  a  supreme  court  judge  in  Tennessee. 
He  was  commissioned  major  general  of  the  Tennessee 
troops  and  fought  the  Indians.  He  commanded  the 
United  States  forces  at  the  battle  of  New  Orleans.  He 
subjugated  Florida  and  became  its  military  governor. 
He  served  two  terms  as  President  of  the  United  States 
(1829-1837).  He  was  the  successful  opponent  of  nulli- 
fication. 

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ALEXANDER  HAMILTON 
1757-1804 

The  establishment  of  a  constitution  in  time  of  profound 
peace  by  the  voluntary  consent  of  a  whole  people  is  a 
prodigy  to  the  completion  of  which  I  look  forward  with 
trembling  anxiety. 

(Elected  in   1915  by  70  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Alexander  Hamilton  was  born  at  Charles  Town, 
Nevis,  W.  L,  January  11,  1757,  and  died  at  New  York 
City,  July  12,  1804.  He  earned  his  own  living  when  12 
years  old,  came  to  this  country  in  1772,  and  at  once  es- 
poused the  cause  of  the  colonies,  publishing  pamph- 
lets justifying  their  action.  He  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tion as  personal  aide  to  Washington.  He  originated  the 
national  system  of  taxation,  served  in  the  Continental 
Congress,  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  and  the 
New  York  Legislature.  His  contribution  to  the  con- 
structive policies  of  the  Government  was  unexcelled  by 
that  of  any  other  person.  He  was  the  first  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  and  chief  author  of  "The  Federalist." 

PATRICK  HENRY 
1736-1799 

Give  me   liberty   or   give    me  death. 
(Elected  in  1920  by  57  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Patrick  Henry  was  born  in  Hanover  County,  Va., 
May  29,  1736,  and  died  in  Charlotte  County,  Va.,  June 
6,  1799.  After  a  series  of  failures  in  other  lines  of  work 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  elected  to  the  House 
of  Burgesses,  where  he  made  many  notable  speeches. 
He  represented  Virginia  in  the  first  Continental  Con- 
gress, and  commanded  the  Virginia  troops  in  1775-76. 
He  served  four  terms  as  Governor  of  Virginia.  He  of- 
fered a  series  of  resolutions  declaring  the  Stamp  Act 
unconstitutional  and  was  a  staunch  and  eloquent  sup- 
porter of  the  Revolution. 


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MUSICIANS,  PAINTERS,  SCULPTORS,  ETC. 


GILBERT  CHARLES  STUART 
1755-1828 

The  portrait  of  George  Washington  was  undertaken  by 
me.  It  had  been  indeed  the  object  of  the  most  valuable 
years  of  my  life  to  obtain  the  portrait. 

(Elected  in  1900  by  52  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1901.) 

Gilbert  Charles  Stuart  was  born  at  Narragansett, 
R.  L,  December  3,  1755,  and  died  at  Boston,  Mass., 
July  27,  1828.  He  began  the  painting  of  portraits  be- 
fore he  was  15  years  old,  but  it  was  not  until  1788  that 
he  received  recognition.  Among  his  subjects,  besides 
George  Washington,  were  Robert  Morris,  John  Trum- 
bull, Thomas  Jefferson,  James  Madison,  John  Quincy 
Adams,  Madame  Jerome  Bonaparte,  John  Adams  and 
Joseph  Story.    His  portraits  are  notably  faithful. 

CHARLOTTE   SAUNDERS  CUSHMAN 
1816-1876 

To  be  thoroughly  in  earnest,  intensely  in  earnest  in  all 
my  thoughts  and  in  all  my  actions,  whether  in  my  profession 
or  out  of  it,  became  my  one  single  idea. 

(Elected  in   1915   by  53  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Charlotte  Saunders  Cushman  was  born  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  July  23,  1816,  and  died  there,  February  18,  1876. 
She  made  her  first  appearance  in  opera  in  1834,  and  ap- 
peared as  Lady  Macbeth  in  1835.  She  toured  the 
United  States  with  Macready,  playing  Shakespearean 
roles.  Her  repertoire  included  Romeo,  Wolsey,  and 
Hamlet,  Meg  Merrilies  and  Nancy  Sykes.  She  is  in 
the  front  rank   of  American  tragedians. 


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AUGUSTUS  SAINT-GAUDENS 
1848-1907 


Too  much  time  cannot  be  spent  in  a  task  that  is  to  endure 
for  centuries. 

(Elected  in  1920  by  67  votes.     Tablet  unveiled  in  1921.) 

Augustus  Saint-Gaudens  was  born  at  Dublin,  Ireland. 
March  1,  1848,  and  died  at  Cornish,  N.  H.,  August  6. 
1907.  When  13  years  old  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn 
cameo  cutting.  In  1871  he  produced  his  first  figure, 
called  "Hiawatha."  Among  his  better  known  works 
are  the  President  Lincoln  statue  in  Chicago,  the  Shaw 
monument  in  Boston,  the  Adams  figure  in  Rock  Creek 
Cemetery,  Washington,  and  the  Sherman  and  Farragut 
statues  in  New  York  City.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
seven  members  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Letters. 


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BUSTS  HITHERTO  ERECTED 


The  busts  hitherto  placed  in  position  are  these : 

Robert  Fulton,  by  Jean-Antoine  Houdon,  unveiled 
September  29,  1909. 

Horace  Mann,  gift  of  Dr.  Henry  Mitchell  Mac- 
Cracken,  unveiled  May  30,  1907. 

Ulysses  Simpson  Grant,  by  Henry  M.  Shrady;  un- 
veiled by  Marshal  Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire  Joffre,  April 
27,  1922.    (Temporary  bust.) 

And  these,  placed  May  20,  1922: 

George  Washington,  by  Jean-Antoine  Houdon;  gift 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution ;  unveiled 
by  Field-Marshal  Earl  French  of  Ypres. 

Mark  Hopkins,  by  Hans  Hoerbst ;  gift  of  Williams 
College  Alumni ;  unveiled  by  President  Harry  A.  Garfield. 

Gilbert  Charles  Stuart,  by  Mrs.  Laura  Gardin 
Fraser ;  gift  of  many  citizens ;  unveiled  by  Miss  Cecilia 
Beaux. 

Edgar  Allan  Poe,  by  Daniel  Chester  French;  gift  of 
J.  Sanford  Saltus ;  unveiled  by  Edwin  Markham. 

Maria  Mitchell,  by  Emma  F.  Brigham;  presented  by 
William  Mitchell  Kendall;  unveiled  by  President  Henry 
Noble  MacCracken  of  Vassar  College. 


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Busts  Erected  May  22,  1923: 

Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  by  Daniel  Chester  French ; 
gift  of  the  Authors'  Club  of  Boston ;  unveiled  by  Dr. 
Edward  Waldo  Emerson,  son  of  the  poet.  Address  by  Dr. 
Henry  van  Dyke. 

Henry  Ward  Beecher,  by  Massey  Rhind;  gift  of  the 
late  William  A.  Nash;  unveiled  by  Colonel  William  C. 
Beecher,  son  of  the  former  pastor  of  Plymouth  Church ; 
address  by  the  Rev.  Newell  Dwight  Hillis,  of  Plymouth 
Church. 

Francis  Elizabeth  Willard,  by  Lorado  Taft;  gift  of 
the  National  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union ;  un- 
veiled by  Mr.  O.  H.  Willard,  kinsman  of  Miss  Willard ; 
address  by  Miss  Anna  A.  Gordon,  President  N.  W.  C. 
T.  U. 

Ulysses  Simpson  Grant,  by  James  Earle  Fraser  and 
Thomas  Hudson  Jones ;  gift  of  citizens ;  unveiled  by 
Major-General  J.  G.  Harbord,  U.  S.  A.  (Retired), 
D.  S.  M.,  late  Deputy  Chief  of  Staff.    (Permanent  bust.) 

Robert  Edward  Lee,  by  George  T.  Brewster ;  gift  of 
the  N.  Y.  Division  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy; unveiled  by  Dr.  George  Boiling  Lee,  grandson 
of  the  General;  address  by  Hon.  Martin  W.  Littleton, 
President  of  the  Southern  Society  of  New  York. 

Alexander  Hamilton,  by  Giuseppi  Ceracchi ;  gift  of 
the  Alexander  Hamilton  Institute  of  New  York;  unveiled 
by  Miss  Mary  Schuyler  Hamilton,  great-granddaughter  of 
Hamilton;  address  by  Dr.  Talcott  Williams. 

Abraham  Lincoln,  by  Augustus  Saint-Gaudens ;  gift 
of  the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago ;  unveiled  by  Mrs. 
Mary  Lincoln  Isham,  granddaughter  of  Lincoln ;  address 
by  His  Excellency  Monsieur  J.  J.  Jusserand,  Ambassador 
of  the  French  Republic. 


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Butts  Erected  May  13,  1924: 


John  Adams,  by  John  Francis  Paramino;  gift  of  the 
Massachusetts  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution ;  un- 
veiled by  John  Adams,  great-great-grandson  of  President 
Adams ;  address  by  Professor  William  M.  Sloane,  Presi- 
dent of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Letters. 

Phillips  Brooks,  by  Daniel  Chester  French;  gift  of 
Trinity  Church,  Boston ;  unveiled  by  Miss  Josephine 
Brooks,  niece  of  Bishop  Brooks ;  address  by  the  Rev. 
Leighton  Parks,  D.D. 

Samuf.l  Langhorn  Clemens  (Mark  Twain),  by  Albert 

Humphreys ;  gift  of  the  Estate  of  Mark  Twain ;  unveiled 

by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ossip  Gabrilowitsch ;  address  by 
Miss  Agnes  Repplier. 

Peter  Cooper,  by  Chester  Beach;  gift  of  Graduates  of 
Cooper  Union;  unveiled  by  Miss  Edith  Cram,  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Cooper ;  address  by  R.  Fulton  Cutting, 
Esq.,  President  of  Cooper  Union. 

James  Buchanan  Eads,  by  Charles  Grafly;  gift  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers ;  unveiled  by  James 
Eads  Switzer,  Esq.,  grandson  of  Captain  Eads ;  address 
by  Dr.  George  F.  Swain,  Professor  of  Civil  Engineering 
at  Harvard. 

Joseph  Henry,  by  John  Flanagan;  gift  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers ;  unveiled  by  Thomas  A. 
Edison,  Esq.;  address  by  Frank  P.  Jewett,  Past- President 
of  the  Institute. 

Andrew  Jackson,  by  Belle  Kinney;  gift  of  the  Ladies' 
Hermitage  Association  of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  unveiled  by 
Mr.  Albert  Marble  Jackson,  great-grandson  of  the  Presi- 
dent; address  by  Hon.  Norman  H.  Davis,  former  Acting- 
Secretary  of  State. 


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Thomas  Jefferson,  by  Robert  Ingersoll  Aitkcn ;  gift  of 
the  Jefferson  Boys'  Pilgrimage  Committee  and  others, 
through  the  New  York  World ;  unveiled  by  Mrs.  Francis 
O.  Barton,  great-great-granddaughter  of  President  Jeffer- 
son ;  address  by  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Alderman,  President  of  the 
University  of  Virginia. 

William  Thomas  Green  Morton,  by  Helen  Farnsworth 
Mears ;  gift  of  members  of  the  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine ;  unveiled  by  Mr.  Bowditch  Morton,  grandson  of 
Dr.  Morton;  address  by  Dr.  William  W.  Keen,  Past-Presi- 
dent of  the  American  Surgical  Association. 

Alice  Freeman  Palmer,  by  Evelyn  Longman;  gift  of 
Wellesley  College ;  unveiled  by  Professor  George  H.  Pal- 
mer, husband  of  Alice  Freeman  Palmer ;  address  by  Dr. 
James  R.  Angell,  President  of  Yale  University. 


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INDEX 


Page 


Adams,  John   -   34 

Adams,  John  Quincy   37 

Agassiz,  Louis   25 

Audubon,  John  James    24 

Bancroft,  George    13 

Beecher,  Henry  Ward    20 

Boone,  Daniel   29 

Brooks,  Phillips   21 

Bryant,  William  Cullen   13 

Channing,  William  Ellery   21 

Choate,  Rufus    33 

Clay,  Henry    34 

Clemens,  Samuel  Langhorne  (Mark  Twain)   17 

Cooper,  James  Fenimore    14 

Cooper,  Peter   22 

Cushman,  Charlotte  Saunders    40 

Eads,  James  Buchanan   26 

Edwards,  Jonathan    20 

Emerson,  Ralph  Waldo   10 

Farragut,  David  Glascoe   30 

Franklin,  Benjamin  35 

Fulton,  Robert   27 

Grant,  Ulysses  Simpson    30 

Gray,  Asa    24 

Hamilton,  Alexander   ,  _   39 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel    10 

Henry,  Joseph   25 

Henry,  Patrick    39 

Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell   14 

Hopkins,  Mark    19 

Howe,  Elias      29 

Irving,  Washington    11 

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Page 


Jackson,  Andrew    38 

Jefferson,  Thomas    35 

Kent,  James    32 

Lee,  Robert  Edward   31 

Lincoln,  Abraham    36 

Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth   11 

Lowell,  James  Russell   12 

Lyon,  Mary    18 

Madison,  James    38 

Marshall,  John    32 

Mann,  Horace   -   17 

Mitchell,  Maria    26 

Morse,  Samuel  Finby  Breese   28 

Morton,  William  Thomas  Green   27 

Motley,  John  Lothrop   15 

Palmer,  Alice   Freeman   19 

Parkman,  Francis    16 

Peabody,  George    23 

Poe,  Edgar  Allan   .   15 

Saint-Gaudens,  Augustus    41 

Sherman,  William  Tecumseh   31 

Story,  Joseph    33 

Stowe,  Harriet  Beecher   16 

Stuart,  Gilbert  Charles    40 

Washington,  George    36 

Webster,  Daniel    37 

Whitney,  Eli    28 

Whittier,  John  Greenleaf   12 

Willard,  Emma    18 

Willard,  Frances  Elizabeth   23 

Williams,  Roger    22 


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HOW  TO  REACH  THE  UNIVERSITY 


The  Hall  of  Fame,  which  is  situated  on  the  Campus 
of  New  York  University  at  University  Heights,  may  be 
reached  as  follows : 

1.  By  transfer  from  the  West  Side  subway  (Inter- 
borough)  at  181st  street  to  the  University  Avenue  trol- 
ley which  passes  the  Campus. 

2.  By  the  New  York  Central,  Hudson  River  Divi- 
sion, from  the  Grand  Central  Terminal  to  University 
Heights  Station ;  or  by  the  West  Side  Elevated  and 
the  Putnam  Division  of  the  New  York  Central  from 
Sedgwick  Avenue  to  University  Heights  station. 

3.  From  Grand  Central  Terminal  by  Lexington  Ave- 
nue Subway  (Jerome  Avenue  Express),  transferring  at 
167th  Street  to  the  Sixth  Avenue  elevated  to  New  York 
University  station. 

The  University  supplies  guides  to  the  Hall  of  Fame 
Saturday  and  Sunday  afternoons. 


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